Putting things in context, The Bush presidency
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With the recent announcement on Iraq and the at most tepid response to it, Bush seemingly is headed to towards the dangerous territory of Approval ratings of less than 30%.
Truman during the Korean war with squabbles with MacArthur and Macarthy erached the postwar lows of 22 and 23.
Nixon reached these positions at his worst.
Floundering Carter and George Bush senior in his precipitous decline were the only others to have reached below 30.
George W. has already gone below the nadir of post TET Johnson at 34.
GWB has already touched 31 in May 2006.
But his trend is catastrophic,both he and his father benefited from the getting behind the Commander in chief with approvals of nearly 90% as a result of foreign adventurism. Junior couldn't even think of a new place to go to.
The support that America gave each was highly contingent on results, and when success was delayed or not achieved, a fatal slide began.
It is hard to now see Bush lasting out his term, Jon Stewart on the Daily Show since the Congressional Democratic landslide barely now shows any ability to hide his contempt for this buffoon.(The last neo-con in the WhiteHouse, they called him.)
Bush finally totally revealed as the backrom smalltime manipulator he always was.
Whether by impeachmant,the threat of impeachmant or just falling on his sword and accepting his incompetence there is no way this guy will hand over to Obama or Hillary two years hence.
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Usually the undecided poll is of but academic interest however the current 4-6% is stunningly low over an extended period.
This reflects the viciously divided America that Bush leaves, with argument replaced by partisan snarls.
Perhaps the worst President ever.
Data from the Preidential; Project by Jonathan Wooley and Gerhard Peters.
Question (7/22/41 - 9/21/81): Do you approve or disapprove of the way [president's last name] is handling his job as President?
Question (10/30/81 - present): Do you approve or disapprove of the way [president's first and last name] is handling his job as President?
2 comments:
The problem with the Bush Presidency, and American politics is the polarity. While the Bush Administration bungles things up and relies on his ego to lead, the Democrats do not offer an alternate plan that is viable. Bush and his team created this mess, and unfortunately, they will be the ones to fix, at least until the next election. There is a minority of bipartisan support for his 'surge' plan via McCain and Lieberman. The status quo is definitely unacceptable.
"Stuck in the Big Muddy" was the Viet version of where he is now.
It seems hard for the Democrats to have to come up with an extraction policy from Congress, rather than the White House.
Making these graphs changed my thinking. Bush received 90% support after Sep 11, it has continually eroded since then. It seems under 30% is crisis territory and he will soon be there.
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